Look Away (or to), Dixieland?

The University of Mississippi recently eliminated the words, " . . . the South will rise again" from its fight song. Nearly a decade ago Ole Miss banned Confederate battle flags in the football stadium. What to make of all this? Are so-called "politically correct" academic administrators making much ado over nothing, or are they correctly banishing the vestiges of a racist past? Hmm . . . lemme think about it, something I didn't do when I was in my late teens--see below (I'm the guy sitting down):